José Olivarez

José Olivarez is an author, poet and educator from Calumet City, Illinois, U.S.[1] His first full collection of poetry is Citizen Illegal, published by Haymarket Books.

Jose Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants, and he graduated from Harvard University.

[1] Olivarez's work has been featured in the New York Times, the Paris Review, and Poetry Magazine, among others.

He is co-editor, along with Willie Perdomo and Felicia Chavez, of the anthology The Breakbeat Poets Vol.

[7] Olivarez worked for the writing and education organizations Urban Word in New York[8] and Young Chicago Authors, which produces the youth poetry festival, Louder than a Bomb.